This week the children have enjoyed watching their own beans change and grow over time. They have loved measuring and monitoring their growth. We can’t wait to see what happens next! The children were really…
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Reception are growing!
This week in Reception we have begun our new key text, ‘Jack and the Beanstalk.’ We have been learning the story with actions, using a story map to help us. The children also planted their…
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This week in reception we have had a beanstalk appear in both Red and Ruby class as well as a giant footprint. The children enjoyed exploring the clues and finding out what had happened. The…
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This week in Reception the children had a great day dressing up as what they want to be when they grow up. They had a chance to tell us what they were dressed up as…
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World Book Day at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Highgate was celebrated in style on Thursday 7th March with both children and teachers coming to school in wonderful book character costumes. To encourage imagination and the…
Read MoreA Busy Week of Learning in Reception
We have had another busy week of learning in Reception. We have continued exploring the Everywhere Bear and have been looking at different types of maps. We looked closely at our local environment and directed…
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This week we have seen the children develop as poets. We created storm poems linked to the story ‘The Everywhere Bear’ which encouraged the children to extend their vocabulary. We also added music to our…
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This week in Reception we have been exploring more of our key text ‘The Everywhere Bear.’ We created beautiful paintings showing the Everywhere Bear in the water and thought about how the bear would feel…
Read MoreLent, Maths and a Wonderful World Book Day!
We have had another very busy week in Reception! On Tuesday we had lots of fun celebrating Shrove Tuesday by participating in a pancake race and eating pancakes. On Wednesday Year 5 children came to…
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This week in Reception we had another discovery! We came into our classes and found a cave and paw prints on the floor. In our writing we made predictions about what animal we thought the…
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